People attending the 21st annual Maglev conference were updated on ongoing Maglev projects, plans, development and operational results of urban applications of high speed trains worldwide. Other focus points of the Maglev conference were energy supply, linear motors, propulsion, feasibility, economic and planning studies and last but not least, safety of the Maglev trains. For [...]
JR Tokai announced the location of the Nagano Prefecture station for the Tokyo Nagoya maglev line on Friday. The train will stop at terminals in Tokyo and Nagoya as well as at one station in each of the four prefectures, from where the train will pass. The proposed site for the station in Nagano is [...]
China’s first medium low speed maglev line is scheduled to launch before March 2013 in Beijing. This line will use Chinese technology, and is one of the eight new rail lines designed to cope up with the traffic congestion in Beijing. This line will connect western Mentougou district to Pingguoyuan subway station. The project is [...]
